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Showing 48214830 of 23469 articles for Art. Cass. ch. mixte 23-11-2004 n° 02-11.352

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Types of practice

Article R743-120

…rce are governed by the provisions of Book II, subject to the provisions of this section and of law n° 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal professi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R822-95

…he transfer of shares shall be publicised in accordance with the provisions of Article 52 of Decree n° 78-704 of 3 July 1978. In the case provided for in the third paragraph of article R. 822-89, publ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L3334-7

La dotation de fonctionnement minimale est attribuée aux départements ne répondant pas aux conditions démographiques mentionnées au premier alinéa de l'article L. 3334-6-1.Departments whose per capita…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Advertising.

Article L5122-6

A medicinal product may only be advertised to the general public if it is not subject to medical prescription, none of its various presentations is reimbursable by compulsory health insurance schemes…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10a: Parallel distribution

Article R5121-136-1

I.-When a company intends to ensure the parallel distribution in France of a proprietary medicinal product within the meaning of Article L. 5124-13-2, it shall inform the marketing authorisation holde…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-3

…00-1257 of 23 December 2000) or of l'article L. 126-1 of the Insurance Code or Chapter I of the loi n° 85-677 du 5 juillet 1985 tendant à l'amélioration de la situation des victimes d'accidents de la…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Revenue.

Article D2573-59

…ESULTING FROM R. 2335-1, D. 2335-1-1and R. 2335-2 Decree no. 2023-352 of 9 May 2023 D. 2335-3Décret n° 2000-318 du 7 avril 2000 D. 2335-23 Decree no. 2023-206 of 27 March 2023 II.-For the application…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: General information

Article L611-2

Industrial property titles protecting inventions are:1° Patents for invention, granted for a term of twenty years from the date of filing of the application;2° Utility certificates, granted for a term…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Digital asset service providers

Article L572-25

The provisions of article L. 571-2 are applicable to proceedings relating to offences under articles L. 572-23 and L. 572-24.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation

Article R4422-30

Articles D. 4135-20 to D. 4135-23 are applicable to members of the Corsican economic, social, environmental and cultural council.

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